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In October, the OC Mennonite Church in Prespatou quietly decided for the sake of their member’s mental and spiritual health to resume regular, non-distanced, non-masked church services. Their COVID cases had resolved, schools had reopened and they hoped that no one would be interested.  I would have argued that they should have expected a pandemic research team. After all, COVID-19 is a new strain of virus which we need to know more about. The nearly closed community of Prespatou provides an opportunity to study the spread, impact and herd-immunity possible by being exposed and contracti...

Aerial view of the proposed wetlands to be enhanced. (PRRD) DAWSON CREEK, B.C – Ducks Unlimited expanded on its plans to restore wetlands in Upper Cache Thursday, with provincial biologist Bruce Harrison presenting a package of information to the Peace River Regional District. Three small earth dams are proposed on an existing ditch system on private farmland near Highway 29 and Szoo Road, just west of the Attachie lookout and rest stop. While the plan remains unendorsed by directors, the project is planned to offset the loss of wetlands to the Site C reservoir. “This was once a natural a...

(Stock) FORT ST. JOHN, B.C – City council is in support of a 3-digit suicide prevention hotline in Canada. City staff will be sending a letter in support of the hotline to local MP Bob Zimmer, the Federal Minister of Health, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and local area municipalities. The motion advising staff to pen a letter of support was approved at Monday’s council meeting. Conservative MP Todd Doherty (Cariboo–Prince George, B.C.) introduced the motion to the House of Commons on December 11th, which passed. The motion aims to establish an e...

Apr 1, 2021 3:41 PM FORT ST. JOHN, B.C – Four local organizations have partnered together to make supporting local restaurants easier while dine-in options have been suspended. City of Fort St. John, Fort St. John and District Chamber of Commerce, and Moose FM and Energeticcity.ca have launched takeoutfsj.com. The website will allow residents to find a list of local restaurants and their menus all in one place. “Once again, our local restaurants are being severely impacted by the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Economic Reco...

Facilities at the Site C Clean Energy Project, near Fort St. John, BC The City of Fort St. John, BC Hydro, ATCO and Salvation Army have facilitated the donation of 50,000 pounds of food since the November 2019 FORT ST. JOHN, BC, CANADA, April 1, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- An innovative food donation program has donated a milestone 50,000 pounds of food to local communities to help tackle household food insecurity. The City of Fort St. John, BC Hydro, ATCO and Salvation Army announced today that their innovative Food Donation Initiative to feed the city’s most vulnerable ...